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The village, which lies eight miles south east of Derby, just off the A6, was once a considerable inland port on the Trent. There was a settlement here at the time of Domesday, when the area belonged to the Abbey of Chester and the village was known as Serdelov.

• 1940s: 60 years since misery of the 47 big freeze
• 1950s: Refugees stir up emotions
• DRI
• Dakota DC3: One, two, three push that plane!
• Derby Serenaders Band: We were the Manchester United of marching band world
• Derby canal
• Dramatic moments before Cavendish Bridge collapsed
• Growing up fast in Depression years
• Happy junior school memories of mashed swede, blue knickers and playground games
• Jaguar: Sandows had first E-type in Derby
• Offilers' Brewery - A lost Derby pint
• Old Buxton Turnpike Road: The poet and the philosopher’s love nest scandal at Cat and Fiddle
• Proud owner of Noble Santa, probably the fastest dog in the Midlands
• Queens of water pooled strength
• River Derwent
• River Trent
• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Father of the French Revolution
• Smith, Francis: Impressive legacy of a canny opportunist
• The hand that shook Aussie legend Don Bradman's hand
• Trent and Mersey canal
• WWII: Fleeing the Russians in 1945

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